Thread by @ggreenwald

I hope anyone who plans on opining on the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict, whatever it may be, spends significant time watching most or all of the trial, not relying on media accounts.

Almost no trial can be credibly assessed without watching it, but especially one this fraught.

This is yet another one of those bizarre instances -- like 1/6 -- where much of the liberal-left is cheering for the prosecutors and championing pro-law-and-order theories, while the right is enthralled by civil liberties and defendants' rights.

All the more reason to watch.

If Rittenhouse had shot and killed anyone black, that would have been **the headline** of any Intercept article on his case, or any other digital outlet like it. But since all the people he shot were white, they just don't mention their race -- at all!

theintercept.com/2021/10/30/kyl…

The word "white" appears 20 times in the Intercept's very long article on Rittenhouse (based on the unquestioned premise that he's guilty, needless to say). Each time, the word is used to accuse him of being a white supremacist, never once to identify the race of his victims.

Anyway, watch the Rittenhouse trial if you want to opine on the verdict. It's a very interesting trial. And not only will you learn next to nothing about it by relying on mainstream media summaries of it, you'll end up with negative knowledge.